Voodoo Kin Mafia & Chyna
The Voodoo Kin Mafia are on a quest, bringing ‘war to your door.’ Standing up for what they believe in and looking to rid the wrestling world of the putrid sketch comedy that is ‘”Dumb to the Xtreme,” Kip and BG have taken several measures to try and fulfill their mission.
Together, they have laid out open challenges, rallied fans, and even gone so far as to ‘visit’ the competition.
Over the years, Kip and BG have been very successful in the tag team ranks, having garnered several World Tag Team Titles. Using a combination of power moves, bravado, and in some cases, a disregard for the rules, they have found success wherever they have ventured to.
Formerly known as the “James Gang,” Kip and BG James have had their strength and courage tested on a number of occasions at the hands of Team 3D. Never ones to back down from a challenge, Kip and BG battled through this intense feud before embarking on their current quest to cleanse the world of wrestling.
Chyna
Chyna attended Killer Kowalski's Wrestling School in 1995 which is where she met Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Voted "Rookie Of The Year 1996" by the PGWA, Joanie became part of the WWF family in 1997 by making her debut as "Chyna", Triple H's valet. She was soon declared 'The Ninth Wonder Of The World' by ringside announcers since she was physically one of the largest (5'10" 190 lbs.) women anyone in the wrestling world had ever seen. Most male viewers however were left cold by her unfeminine appearance - she was too muscular, had no chest and was definitely not the desirable sex symbol that wow's the male audience. To the detriment of Triple H's opponents however, Chyna discovered that she could easily make the difference between her man winning or losing a match by giving them her lethal and now famous 'low blow'.
Chyna and Triple-H quickly went on to team up with the WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels in 1997-98 and formed the irreverent and comical group D-Generation X. With athletes like X-Pac, Road Dogg and Bad Ass Billy Gunn this group was a major force to be reckoned with each and every week. Chyna became integral to the groups multiple victories and became quite skillful in interfering during a match by taking an opponent 'out' while the ref was being distracted by other member's of DX
Taking time off towards the end of 1998 Chyna returned to the WWF after having gone to a plastic surgeon and having her jawline reconfigured. A few weeks later a much "bustier" Chyna appeared with Triple H who was returning from an injury. Chyna and the WWF were obviously on the right track for propelling her towards Diva status. Male hormones began to stir when the new and improved "Ninth Wonder" entered the ring to kick some guys ass.
After publicly stating that she had no desire to go after the WWF Women's Championship Title since she didn't feel that there was much of a challenge facing other women, Chyna began blossoming into a well-liked (by fans anyway) and respected woman in a man's world. Obviously reveling in the excitement of testing herself in the ring against the men while enjoying her new found status as an up and coming Diva, she did quite well for herself while seizing several firsts in the wrestling world. In January 1999 Chyna became the first woman to compete in a Royal Rumble PPV as she continued her assault on the WWF men's division. Not content in just confronting her one time mentor Triple H (who was now in real life her significant other) she decided to battle the two Superstars of the WWF - Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock - and held her own against either in several matches.
Two months prior to her No Mercy PPV appearance in October 1999 Chyna and Jeff Jarrett became embroiled in an unrelenting and openly hostile feud that featured some of the best battles ever seen between and male and female wrestler. Both competitor's would go out of their way to antagonize each other week after week. "The Ninth Wonder" achieved what no other woman had ever done in the WWF when she soundly defeated Double J in a violent match that gained Chyna her 1st WWF Intercontinental Title while Double J left the WWF. Finally becoming an equal with the male wrestlers who said it couldn't be done, Chyna decided to get her own personal female valet the next night on Raw, while her old nemesis Double J appeared in his new home, the WCW.
This opened the door to the newcomer from the WCW, Y2J Chris Jericho who immediately began a hilarious verbal assault that led to some very fine physical and entertaining matches between the two. Eventually in December 1999 Chyna lost her Intercontinental Title Belt to Chris at the Armageddon PPV. Chyna then went on to aid Y2J wherever and whenever she could while at the same time it was rumored that her real life romance with HHH was beginning to go downhill. This seemed to be due to the continuing Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley marriage storyline apparently bringing Steph and Triple H closer together on a personal level.
In April 2000 during a European Title match between titleholder Y2J and Eddie Guerrero, Chyna turned on Chris. The referee had been inadvertently knocked out and Chyna entered the ring and administered an unofficial three count, and then raised Jericho's hand as if he had won the match. Then she surprised everyone - including Guerrero himself - when she kicked Y2J in the midsection and delivered a DDT. She dragged Guerrero and top and threw the referee back in the ring, who made the three count and awarded the European Championship to Guerrero. From then on she partnered with Eddie who became "Latino Heat", while she became known as "Mamacita".
In August 2000 Chyna regained the Intercontinental Title after Commissioner Mick Foley set up an Intergender Tag Team Match for the Summer Slam PPV. The match pitted Val & Trish Stratus against Eddie & Chyna, but with the stipulation that whomever got the pin would be declared the Intercontinental Champion. After a lengthy and hard fought battle Chyna was able to pin Trish and become the Intercontinental Champion for the 2nd time in her career. To continue her "roll" it was officially announced in September that her first Playboy Photo Shoot would be featured in the November issue.
For the next few weeks Chyna and Eddie battled against the "Right To Censor" who were outraged that she would pose in the nude. During this time Eddie began to get upset over her upcoming Playboy appearance and started mistreating the "Ninth Wonder" which obviously wasn't sitting well with her at all. As a matter of fact during an episode of Raw Commissioner Foley decided that Chyna, Eddie and Kurt Angle would be in a triple threat match. Screwed over by Eddie, Chyna lost her Intercontinental Title that night, but there was quite a discussion during the next Smackdown about where their relationship was heading. A few weeks later Eddie asked his "Mamacita" to marry him and Chyna accepted!
Eventually in mid-October Billy Gunn returned to action and Chyna began to be seen more and more with her ex Degeneration-X teammate and friend. Eddie became more and more jealous of their friendship and then he got himself busted by GTV in the showers with the "ho's" Mandy & Victoria. After giving Eddie his ring back Chyna left the arena in tears. A few nights later Eddie blasted Chyna by stating that he was tired of her moaning and crying, and that she was a whimpering pain in the ass! Chyna's real life was not doing much better as she announced to the world in November that she was single and unattached.
Chyna then teamed up with Billy Gunn while battling both Eddie Guerrero and the "Right To Censor" until mid-December, when she received a supposed neck injury from Ivory who delivered a spike piledriver to her opponent. Actually this storyline allowed Chyna to take time off from wrestling to make personal publicity appearances pushing her new "workout" video. It was also now rumored that Chyna’s Playboy had sold over 1,000,000 copies and that it had exceeded the Playboy that featured Sable by approximately 200,000 copies.
A month later during a Raw in Jan. 2001 Ivory bad mouthed Chyna by saying that her injury was a bluff and that Chyna was afraid to step into the ring with her! Ivory stated that she would put her Women's Championship on the line against Chyna at the Royal Rumble if the Ninth Wonder of the World would return to the ring! At the Royal Rumble we witnessed Billy Gunn begging Chyna not to wrestle since the doctors had told her it was to soon to return to the ring. Chyna definitely had the upper hand on Ivory until she went for her handspring elbow, and landing awkwardly, appeared to re-injure her neck. Ivory quickly pinned Chyna to retain her title and worried Federation officials rushed to Chyna's side to check her condition.
Once again Chyna's "injuries" allowed her time off until April 2001 so she could promote her biography entitled "If They Only Knew". During this time off it was also announced that Chyna would be featured in a second Playboy Photo Shoot. In March Ivory announced that Chyna wanted another Women's Title shot and since she had put her out of action once, she would do it again at the Wrestlemania X-Seven PPV in April. Unfortunately things did not turn out like Ivory had planned as Chyna "pressed" Ivory above her head and then let her drop like a box of rocks for the win.
Chyna defended her belt only 4 times after that match, 2 matchups against Ivory, then Molly Holly and finally Lita at the Judgment Day PPV. All of a sudden the "Ninth Wonder Of The World" was dropped from WWF broadcasts, never to be seen again in the ring. Imagine this: Your the top female athlete in the WWF. You've won two Intercontinental titles vs. men and you've obtained the Women's Championship belt and are still undefeated! You've sold a bizillion copies of Playboy with another on the way, and your biography has sold well. Your definitely on top of the world and your contract is due for renewal. Shame on you, you ask for more money this time around and the WWF does what they did to the last female Superstar (Sable) they created - they don't want to pay!
Rumors were flying for many months about the negotiations, but none of them were giving Joanie much chance of reaching an agreement. Joanie was unable to come to terms with the WWF and has now opened up her own web site, continues to make personal appearances throughout the country and is trying to establish an acting career. In December 2001 it was announced that her 2nd Playboy magazine shoot was selling well, and it was rumored that Joanie had stated that she made more money from the two magazines than in her entire WWF career. Going from a physical female "brawler" to a full blown Diva, Chyna showed women that it was possible to make it in the testosterone male world of the WWF, and how to do it with class!
